Events

Events

Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, resilience, and creativity of refugees. Each year, thousands of independently organised events take place globally. Explore what’s happening near you by browsing through the calendar below.

Refugee Week is an open platform & everyone is invited to get involved. You can support local events, take part in Simple Acts, or even host your own activity!

Ready to Share Your Refugee Week Event?
Submit your event to our public calendar by registering for an account and filling out the submission form. Please note, all events must be approved by Refugee Week administrators, so there will be a short delay before your event becomes visible on the website.

Top Tips:

  • Change the calendar view to List, Map, Calendar, or Photo (located to the right of the “Find an Event” button).
  • Connect with your regional or international Refugee Week organisers on this page.
  • For more information on how to get involved, visit this page.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Seeing Asylum Exhibition

Leeds Minster 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Refugee Week 2023: This year is the 25th Anniversary for Refugee [...]

Free

Seeing Asylum Exhibition

Leeds Minster 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Refugee Week 2023: This year is the 25th Anniversary for Refugee [...]

Free

An Evening with Hamed Amiri

St Mary's Church North Church Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Join us for what promises to be an amazing evening [...]

An Evening with Hamed Amiri

St Mary's Church North Church Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Join us for what promises to be an amazing evening [...]

Refugee Prayer Hour

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

We are calling the UK Church to gather together to [...]

Free

Refugee Prayer Hour

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

We are calling the UK Church to gather together to [...]

Free

In This World: Film Screening and Reading

Garden Cinema 39-41 Parker Street, London, London, United Kingdom

Twenty years since its UK release, Michael Winterbottom's Berlin Golden [...]

£12

In This World: Film Screening and Reading

Garden Cinema 39-41 Parker Street, London, London, United Kingdom

Twenty years since its UK release, Michael Winterbottom's Berlin Golden [...]

£12

Kite Workshops

St Mary the Virgin Church in Wales Primary School North Church Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Creative Artist visiting St Mary's School to create kites in [...]

Kite Workshops

St Mary the Virgin Church in Wales Primary School North Church Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Creative Artist visiting St Mary's School to create kites in [...]

Bags of Hope

Riverside West, South Bank Upper Ground, South Bank, London, United Kingdom

A two-metre structure of towering backpacks will appear at London's [...]

Free

Bags of Hope

Riverside West, South Bank Upper Ground, South Bank, London, United Kingdom

A two-metre structure of towering backpacks will appear at London's [...]

Free

More Than A Thousand Words

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

A 12 minute film by ESOL student, Nelson Rodriquez, about [...]

Refugee Week Celebration – COMPASSION

Manchester Central Library Reading Room St Peter's Square, Manchester, United Kingdom

Women will present: Storytelling, Poetry, Dance and Singing

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